Nursing-bottle holder



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NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER Filed July 18, 1927 0 if Z3 Patented Apr. 8, 1930 PATENT OFFICE HELENE I-I. BAUMANN, F HIGHLAND PARK, CALIFORNIA NURSING-BOTTLE HOLDER Application filed July 18,

My invention relates to a nursing bottle holder, and has for its principal object the provision of a relatively simple, practical and inexpensive device that may be advantageously employed for conveniently holding and supporting a nursing bottle upon a portion of a bed, or crib or on the side of a carriage, bassinet, or the like.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a nursing bottle holder that has a relatively wide range of adjustability in order that it will receive and conveniently hold a nursing bottle in various positions, thereby eliminating the necessity for manually holding the bottle while an infant is nursing, further to provide a nursing bottle holder with adjustable means whereby it may be readily applied to or removed from a fixed support, such as the side rail of a bed, crib or carriage,

and further to provide simple and efficient means for receiving and gripping a nursing bottle.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a nursing bottle holder constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the device.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line H of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail section of a modified form r of a clamp that may be used in my improved device.

' Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention, 10 and 11 designate a pair of arms preferably formed of metal, that are pivotally connected by means of a pin or pivot 12 at their centers, and the end portions of said arms are bent downward relative to their intermediate portions to form fingers 13, which are adapted to engage a fixed support such as the side rail of a bed or crib or the side portion of a carriage.

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To one side of the pivot 12 the outer edges of the arms 10 and 11, are notched as designated by 14:, and adapted to engage in these notches'are the down turned ends of a hook or keeper 15 preferably formed of wire.

By adjusting this keeper in the notch 14 the base of the device, comprising of parts 10, 11 and 13 may be very firmly clamped upon a supporting rail or the like.

The ends of the pin or rivet 12 are seated in ears 16 that are formed integral with a disc 17, and pivotally connected with this disc by means of a set screw 18 is a socket 19 in which is fixed one end of a tube 20.

The outerend ofthis tube 20 is provided with two or more longitudinally disposed slots21, and the material between these slots functions as spring fingers 22 to frictionally engage a rod 23 that is arranged for telescopic movement in tube 20.

The outer end of rod 23 carries a pin or rivet24, to theupper end of which is pivotally connected a strap 25, and the ends of the latter are provided with tubular bearings 26, that receive the lower portions of substantial U-shaped bottle engaging members 27 that are preferably formed of resilient wire.

When my improved holder is applied for use the depending fingers 13 on the ends of arms 10 and 11 are engaged upon the wide rail of a bed or carriage, and the keeper 15 is adjusted in the notches 14; so asfto clamp the parts 10 and 11 and the depending fingers upon the support.

The nursing bottle is now forced into position between the arms of the members 27 which, due to their resiliency, firmly grip the support is adjusted by swinging the disc 1'7 a to one side or the other upon pivot 12, by swinging the socket 19 upwardly or downwardly upon the pivot formed by the set screw 18, and the bottle engaging portion of the device'may be adjusted toward or away from the-base portion bysliding rod 23through tube 20, and the fingers22 will retain said rod in its adjusted positionas the result of frictional engagement with said rod. The bottle receiving portion of the device comprising the member 25 and resilient arms 27, may be shifted into various angular positions by swinging the member 25 upon the pin or rivet 24.

Thus the bottle that is supported by my improved holder may be quickly and conveniently adjusted relative the nursing infant, and the bottle is firmly supported Without requiring the services of an attendant.

In some instances it may be found desirable to provide the outer end of the tube 20 with a tapered thread, and to arrange thereon a nut, thereby providing positive means for clamping the end of the tube to the rod (see Fig.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a nursing bottle holder that is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture, having a wide range of adjustability, and very effective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved nursing bottle holder may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a nursing bottle holder, a pair of arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends, both ends of both arms having'depending terminal portions to form two pairs of resilient support engaging fingers, a link adjustably mounted on said arms to one side of the point of pivotal connection thereof for clamping said arms upon a support, an extensible arm pivotally connected to said pair of arms, and a nursing bottle receiving member pivotally mounted on said extensible arm.

2. In a nursing bottle holder, a pair of arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends, both ends of both arms having depending terminal portions to form two pairs of oppositely arranged resilient support engaging fingers, a link adj ustably mounted on said arms to one side of the point of pivotal connection thereof for clam-ping said arms upon a support, an extensible arm pivotally connected to said pair of arms, a plate pivotally mounted on said extensible arm, and up-- right U-shaped bottle-clamping members mounted on the ends of said plate.

3. In a nursing bottle holder, a pair of arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends, said arms having depending termlnal portions to form oppositely arranged pairs of fingers, the outer edges of said arms to one side of the point of pivotal connection belng notched, a link positioned on said arms and adapted to engage in the notches therein to clam) said arms on a support, a telescopic mem er pivotally connected to said arms, and

HELENE H, BAUMANN. 

